Trainer's Details

Qualifications

• ➢ MA in ELT for Specific Purposes (Distinction) – University of Warwick – awarded January 2006
• ➢ BA (Hons.) Combined Studies 1979
• ➢ Trinity College (London) TESOL Certificate
• ➢ Trinity College (London) TESOL Licentiate Diploma
• ➢ LUK Professional Recognition (ESOL Specialist) Adult Education QTS

Experience

• ➢ Grade 1 Lecturer Staffordshire University, Edge Hill University and Warwickshire College
• ➢ Professional Recognition (ESOL Specialist). Awarded LLUK April 2007
• ➢ External Assessor of the University of Warwick Foundation Programme (2005)
• ➢ DELTA Local Tutor
• ➢ IELTS Examiner (2003 – 2017)
• ➢ MASK Award (Motivation/Attitude/Skills/Knowledge) Warwickshire College June 2009 (25 awards made each year from 2,000+ staff)

Subject Specialisms

• ➢ English Language
• ➢ Study skills
• ➢ English for Academic Purposes
• ➢ English for Specific Purposes

Career Summary & University Responsibilities

• ➢ 41 years experience of teaching ELT/EAP/EAP/TESOL
• ➢ Designed a presessional course of 12 weeks for Edge Hill University for the top-up BSc in Public Health
• ➢ Teacher training in Russia, Egypt, China and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
• ➢ Teacher training in the UK, including groups from Thailand, Turkey, Hungary and China.
• ➢ Module Designer for Master Teacher Trainer Programme for Kurdistan Region of Iraq